said,
"The battles against women are the only ones
which can be won by fleeing."
Hello and welcome to<i> Case Closed.</i>
Things people have said throughout history...
unbelievable.
Let's find out
how that quote relates to our first case today.
Bring out the litigants, please.
True love has no boundaries.
You must be willing to do anything for it.
All that lovey-dovey stuff is nice,
but when lovers become possessive,
you have to get out.
Good afternoon and welcome.
Alejandra, you're suing Gonzalo.
-He's your husband, right? -Yes.
Why are you suing him
and what do you request in order to settle this case?
I'm here to sue my husband.
I need your help in making him come home
to me and my son, Gonzalo Jr.
We miss him a lot.
He should be eating home-cooked meals...
-She's crazy. -Be quiet.
I'll explain.
I'm suing my husband
because he did something so, so, so crazy,
you just can't imagine.
-I felt pressured. -That's nonsense.
I demand that he return
because I'm madly in love with him.
If he refuses to come back,
then he needs to give me $50,000,
and he has to pay the car insurance, make car payments,
pay for school and the rent and our son's milk.
Those are my demands.
She's crazy.
Let's figure this out.
How long have you been married?
We got married six years ago.
You have one child, Gonzalo Jr.
-How old is he? -Five.
How long ago did he leave the house?
Three years ago.
-Since he left home? -No.
You want him to return home.
-She's crazy, ma'am. -Be quiet.
No, I'll tell you what happened, ma'am.
Go on.
When we got married six years ago,
we attended a motorcycling event.
We both love motorcycles.
We were on the motorcycle
and got into a terrible accident.
I had to be induced into a coma for a month.
My husband broke all his ribs, his knee and his foot.
Luckily, I was able to recover quickly.
I recovered, but my husband's recovery took a year.
-The accident left her crazy. -One year.
It didn't matter though because I got a job.
I had to support him and our son,
-pay for his therapy... -I couldn't work.
I said, "It doesn't matter."
A year went by, two years, three years,
I said, "It doesn't matter."
You know why? Because I love him.
I love him so it didn't matter.
He went three years without working
and you supported him.
Yes, three years.
-I can't work. -Hang on.
So after the accident...
I'm sorry.
Drink some water.
I'm sorry. This situation's...
She's like this, crazy intense.
No one would want to live with her.
I want to know what he did that was so crazy.
You still haven't told me.
When I woke up from the coma,
I saw my grandmother...
I believe that marriage is forever.
When you get married,
it's for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, right?
Yes, okay, but what did he do?
He robbed a bank and made himself go to prison!
I didn't want to live with...
So he wouldn't have to live with me!
He did that to himself!
He says he's better off in prison than with me.
Can you believe that?
-He robbed a bank? -Yes.
How many years did he get?
I brought evidence.
How many years did he get?
He got three years,
but you know what I did because I love him?
Uh-huh...
I love my honeybun...
Look at her, ma'am.
Get away. You're crazy.
She knows I don't want to be with her.
This says...
"...arrested for robbing a bank...
demanded money... passed a note...
said he had a gun..."
I felt pressured.
"...recovered $34,500 that the bank teller gave Gonzalo...
didn't have a gun or a bomb...
the stolen money was recovered in its entirety..
waited for police at the front of the bank."
I turned myself in.
I was desperate. I didn't want to be with her.
She's crazy.
I posted his bail.
You know what he did? He turned it down.
I hired a lawyer and he refused that too.
I don't want anything from her.
I was working three jobs.
I felt like I was at a five-star hotel there.
I won't get a job just to pay her back.
She's crazy.
This is what I don't get.
You say bad things about him.
He hasn't worked for three years, this and that...
Why do you want him back?
-Because I love him. -She's a masochist.
You can obviously support yourself.
No, ma'am. He has to be with me.
He needs his mother. I'm his mother.
-You're not my anything. -I'm your wife.
Ma'am, look at her.
What man would want to be with her?
He needs me to iron his clothes and do everything for him.
-She's crazy. -I'm his mother.
I'm alone.
She wasn't like that before.
Htired from work.e home
I was taking care of our son while she worked a double shift.
When she got home,
I was watching Copa America and drinking beer,
so she started complaining and insulting me.
She then hit me. She kept hitting me...
That's true.
I don't hit women, so I got my jacket,
I put it on and I left.
I wanted to be alone.
I couldn't stand living with her anymore.
I spent the night out on the street.
Morning came and I was just thinking...
I did time many years ago in Colombia.
Some of the other inmates had done time in the U.S.
and they said prison here was like a five-star hotel...
Unlike the sh--ty prisons in Colombia.
They're the worst.
They said you get room service in U.S. prisons.
You get food and a uniform.
You have a decent schedule.
Ma'am, I got therapy.
I even got my teeth fixed.
Why would I want to live with this psycho?
Listen to me though.
You've only been married to her six years
and you have a five-year-old.
She wasn't like this before.
When did her behavior change to the point
that you couldn't stand it anymore?
I really can't, ma'am.
When did it change?
After the accident.
She changed drastically.
She's intolerable. She's angry.
She hits and insults me.
I don't want to be with her.
Why don't you work?
Because I can't.
I can't lift more than 50 pounds.
I got him a job.
My body's messed up.
My tibia broke in five.
I have metal plates and seven screws in there.
My ribs, my clavicle...
Why don't you get disability?
I tried, but I don't meet the requirements right now.
It's a process.
So you two had a fight
and you didn't spend the night at home.
You were thinking and thinking...
I left that night.
The next morning I was thinking about the stuff
my friends back in Colombia said,
so what'd I do?
I decided to rob a bank.
I wanted to get caught so I wouldn't have to live with her.
I wanted to get lost forever.
I love you!
She follows me everywhere.
I entered the bank with my jacket on.
I didn't even cover my face.
I went up to the teller and said,
"Give me $30,000 or I'll blow this place up."
I opened up my jacket,
but I didn't actually have anything.
I just wanted to get caught.
The teller s--- herself and gave me the money.
I tried to go slow so the police could get there.
I went outside and sat on the sidewalk
waiting for the police to arrive.
I turned myself in.
I was just thinking, "Five-star hotel, freedom..."
What were you sentenced to?
I got a three-year sentence.
Unfortunately, I only had to do eight months.
Unfortunately.
You only got to stay at the five-star hotel
for eight months.
I got room service, ma'am.
I never got that living with her.
All I got were problems.
What do you want?
I want a divorce.
What else?
I want a restraining order and custody of our son.
No way.
How will you provide for him?
Well, I made a friend in prison
who referred me to another friend...
Not our son.
...I went to that friend's house
and he had a friend and she took me in.
So now she's helping me...
So you have help.
Yes, she's willing to help me with my son.
Did anyone bring any witnesses?
I don't want to live with you.
Come home. I'll provide for you.
You're crazy.
I can get an additional job.
Good afternoon.
You're here as the plaintiff's witness.
What's your name?
Good afternoon. I'm Osvaldo.
I manage a staffing company.
I help place people in companies that are hiring.
That's how I met Alejandra.
I helped her get her two current jobs.
She asked me to help her husband get a job,
but he's a slacker and a freeloader.
I got him three jobs and he made me look bad.
After the third job,
this jerk said to me, "Do me a favor, man.
Can you find me another job
so I can pretend like I got hurt on the job
and then we can sue?"
I was desperate.
"That way I can get disability and I'll give you a cut."
You're so desperate it makes you do the dumbest things.
She makes me do those things.
Oh, please.
I wasn't going to do that.
Of course not.
-It's illegal. -Of course.
That would make you a co-conspirator.
I think he's in love with her and he's a snitch.
I love you.
Silence, please.
Here's some advice.
Honest and hardworking are good qualities to have.
Forget about any advice right now.
Bring out the defendant's witness, please.
Snitch.
Geez!
You need to grow a pair and get a job.
Keep your editorial comments to yourselves.
Goodness!
Good afternoon. What's your name?
My name is Suzy and I'm Gonzalo's friend.
I'm supporting him because she's crazy.
I'm crazy?
Are you Gonzalo's new girlfriend?
Whoa now. We're just friends.
You're friends.
-He's my roommate. -Got it.
-You're helping him. -Yes.
Does he pay any rent?
I help out.
He doesn't pay any rent because he's crippled.
I don't know if you saw the way he walks.
I don't ask him for much.
So you're going to support him and help him with his son...
Yes, because he's ill.
What do you do for a living?
I'm self-employed.
What do you do?
I give stress relief massages.
With happy endings?
That depends.
Very well, bring out the experts, please.
Dr. Madeline Hernandez
and attorney Lizette Sierra.
Why would I go back home when I have a friend like her?
I don't know what it is about Gonzalo
that makes women want to support him.
What is it about Gonzalo?
It's a Colombian secret.
It must be something very special.
All the women want to support you.
Open your eyes. He's a freeloader.
Dr. Hernandez, let's be serious now.
He's not the only man who's robbed a bank
to get away from his wife.
Are these men crazy?
I think, and I'll use him as an example,
when that incident happened and he made that decision,
he must've been very depressed.
Patients who are severely depressed
usually have what we refer to as tunnel vision.
They can't see another way out.
They lack the coping mechanisms to deal with the situation,
so they only see one option as a way out.
I also think he's trying to escape reality.
It's possible he felt threatened by her
and saw prison as a way to protect himself.
He said he wants...
-You get food... -Be quiet.
He wants custody of his son as part of his divorce...
he's not thinking about his family's well-being
or what's right.
Exactly, so he didn't think of his son
when he made the decision to escape from his wife.
His son's well-being concerns me.
Can he make the right decisions?
He still hasn't talked about her as a mother,
but I noticed that she's kind of agitated.
-She's crazy! -She has no time...!
Silence!
She doesn't have time for him.
Silence! For goodness sake!
Silence!
Go on.
Her behavior isn't that strange.
After an accident or blunt trauma to the head,
especially after being in a coma for a month,
some people experience a change in personality.
I wouldn't say something drastic
such as adopting a new personality,
but certain characteristics of their previous personality
will be enhanced.
Let's discuss the difference
between state and federal prisons.
Is there a difference?
He chose a bank
because he'd end up in federal prison,
I'm sure of it.
It's like a five-star hotel.
I think he was hoping for a longer sentence.
Right.
But since he had a clean record
and didn't have anything on him, no bomb,
then they obviously shortened his sentence.
So it wasn't guaranteed.
Robbing a bank doesn't guarantee you
-a 20-year sentence. -Correct.
Each case depends on the circumstances of the crime,
-correct? -Yes.
As a matter of fact, it's not a proven fact,
but some people, like people who live on the street,
will commit a misdemeanor just so they can enter the system
and get any medical treatment that they need
because prisons have to provide medical assistance.
It happens often.
My ruling.
I'm very concerned about their son's well-being,
even though no one's made any claims
of child abuse or neglect,
but the parents' behavior is erratic.
I think this is what I'll do.
First, I'm going to grant you a divorce
as I think that your marriage is irretrievably broken.
Thank you.
It's obvious that these two can't be together.
Their relationship is toxic.
As for their son, I'm going to call
the Department of Children and Families
and request that they do a homes study
of the mother's home and of the father's home.
He's better off with me.
If they determine that they won't take the child,
because there's nothing physically wrong with him,
then you'll share custody.
The mother will have him one week
and the father the following
until the investigation is complete
and they decide which parent
is more fit to having the child live with him or her.
Since each parent will spend a whole week with the child,
each parent will provide for the child
during the week they have the child.
I believe that's the best solution
for these two... crazies.
Good luck, and that's final. Case closed!
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